SEALED 1969 Orig RARE BIRD 1st Dual KEYS PROG Psych

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                              ** STILL SEALED**

                            1969 CLEAN ORIGINAL                          

                 DUAL UK KEYBOARD PROGRESSIVE

                   RARE  BIRD

\                                              USA - ABC / PROBE - CLP 4514

STILL SEALED (never opened in 42 years!!) Original 1969 first pressing vinyl in thick gatefold cover ...the first, and best RARE BIRD album....

Hard to find CLEAN Original 1969 first pressing in thick gatefold cover of this sometimes unknown, sometimes forgotten dual keyboard British progressive that is far and away the best of several albums by Rare Bird featuring the beautifully memorable melodics in both 'Beautiful Scarlet' & their best works "Sympathy" which was an underground hit in Europe and played a lot on American FM underground radio stations around '69 - '70...

RARE BIRD were a fantastic early British prog rock band who uniquely sported dual keyboardists (David Kaffinetti on electric piano and Graham Field on organ). Their music was powerful and creative and apparently also somewhat catchy as this album circa 1969 actually posted to the European billboard charts thanks to the hit "SYMPATHY".  The surprising thing here is that there is no guitarist on the album with bass and lead vocals being handled by Steve Gould and drumming by Mark Ashton. The album has some fantastic numbers like "Beautiful Scarlet", "Iceberg", and the haunting "God of War". Their self titled debut album is clearly an impressive display of keyboard dominated complex-like playing and in many ways actually reminds of the work of CARAVAN with the darkness of ELP. Steve Gould's vocals have an almost raw sound, fitting the music stylistically.

- Mike Ashton / drums, lead & backing vocals
- Graham Field / Hammond organ
- Steve Gould / guitar, bass, vocals
- Dave Kaffinetti / electric piano, synthesizers

1. Beautiful Scarlet (5:23)
2. Sympathy (2:30)
3. Nature's Fruit (2:32)
4. Bird on a Wing (4:13)
5. God of War (5:08)
6. Iceberg (6:46)
7. Times (3:19)
8. You Went Away (4:17)
9. Melanie (3:27)

CONDITION: STILL SEALED...(never played) ...from over 40 years ago, the thick gatefold cover first pressing has onlya couple slightly rounded corners from the tight shrink wrap being on for over 40 years...other than that it has a delete drill at top right corner, and otherwise flat and square ... not bent or bowed in any way.... STILL SEALED....

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record